Category «Holocaust Commemorations»

Win the world’s biggest jackpot Erika Rosenberg (* 24 of June 1951 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is a German writer, interpreter, translator, journalist and biographer of Oskar Schindler and Emilie Schindler . Life Erika Rosenberg was born on June 24, 1951 in Buenos Aires as the daughter of Jewish Germans. His parents, a …

Ladislaus Löb ( Cluj-Napoca , 8 of maypole of 1933 ) is a survivor of the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and is now professor emeritus in Brighton . Life Ladislaus Löb spent his first 10 years of his childhood in the city of Marghita in Transylvania . He is the unique son of the merchant …

Hugo Adolf Höllenreiner (n. Munich , 15 of September . 1933 – f October to June of 2015 ) is a survivor of Porraimos of the Nazis . Life Hugo Höllenreiner received his second name “Adolf” to protect him against the Nazi threat. However, he was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp , where Josef Mengele …

Robert Hébras (* 29 of June of 1925 in Oradour-sur-Glane ) is one of six survivors of the slaughter of Oradour from October to June of 1944 . Robert Hébras, Jean-Marcel Darthout , Mathieu Borie , Clément Broussaudier , Yvon Roby and Pierre-Henri Poutaraud were the only ones who survived the execution by the SS …

Pan Guang (in Chinese :潘光, pinyin : Pan Guang , born 7 as June as 1947 in Shanghai , China ) is a political scientist and historian Chinese. Life Pan Guang was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hainan , in southern China . He studied at Renmin University in Beijing and at Donghua …

Giorgio Frassineti ( 29 of September of 1964 in Forlì ) is a political Italian Democratic Party (PD) and, since 2009, the mayor of Predappio . Life In 1990, Giorgio Frassineti finished his studies of Geography at the University of Bologna . In June 2009 he was elected as the representative of a center-left coalition …

Alberto Dines (n. 19 of February of 1932 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a journalist and author Brazilian . General In the 50 years of his career he wrote several books, founded several magazines and newspapers in Brazil and Portugal , work in radio and television and observer for the media and their representatives. …

Stolpersteine -in singular Stolperstein (German worda stone on the path that can trip the walker) – is a project of the German artist Gunter Demnig . The purpose of this exhortatory monument is to commemorate the fate of human beings who were deported and murdered by the National Socialists . They are cement cubes of …

The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (in German , Gedenkdienst ) is an alternative military service Austrian . The service’s servers help important institutions that are dedicated to the Holocaust . History The Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service began with the political scientist Innsbruck ( Tyrol , Austria ) Andreas Maislinger , who took the basic idea …

The Hitler birthplace memorial stone in Braunau am Inn is situated opposite the birthplace of Adolf Hitler and serves as a warning to commemorate the atrocities of Nazism. The stone was inaugurated in 1989. The inscription on the stone is, in German: “Fried Frieden, Freiheit und Demokratie. Nie wieder Faschismus. Millionen Tote mahnen. “(In Spanish …

The Pink Triangle Park ( Pink Triangle Park ) is a small triangular park located at the intersection of 17th and Market streets in San Francisco , California . It is the first permanent public memorial in the United States remembering the thousands of homosexuals persecuted in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust . 1 Origin …

The Jewish Organization in Bulgaria (OJB) coordinates the different Jewish municipalities, which contain around 8000 Jews , in Bulgaria . The work of this organization is to create a wide variety of programs and projects in the field of the Jewish way of life. Shalom- OJB contains the following activities: Preserve and promote Jewish values …

The New England Holocaust Memorial is a monument in Boston, Massachusetts . It is dedicated to the Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust . Information Designed by Stanley Saitowitz and built in 1995, the monument consists of six glass towers, underneath which you can walk. On the outer walls of each tower are engraved …

The Holocaust Museum of Houston is a monument that opened in 1996 in Houston Texas for victims of the Holocaust . This is a part of the “Houston Museum District”. Description It is the fourth largest museum of Holocaust in the United States . Its mission is to warn the population about the prejudice, hatred …

The Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires is intended to keep alive the memory of the Shoah and to spread what happened during the genocide of the Jewish people to the Argentine society, collecting a large archive of documents and personal objects donated by those who suffered persecution and immigrated From Europe. History The efforts to …

The Museum of Tolerance (or MOT for its acronym in English of Museum of Tolerance ) is a multimedia museum US located in Los Angeles , California . Its theme is focused on the study of racism , prejudice and xenophobia with a special emphasis on the holocaust as well as other hate crimes or …

The National Monument to the Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust , by the architects Gustavo Nielsen and Sebastián Marsiglia, is located at the intersection of the avenues of the Liberator and Intendente Bullrich, in the City of Buenos Aires , Argentina . The Government of the Argentine Nation arranged in 2000 to pay …

The monument against war and fascism in Braunau am Inn , Austria is located opposite the birthplace of Adolf Hitler , and was inaugurated in 1989. History The birthplace of Hitler was municipal library until 1965. He then served as the headquarters of a bank. Between 1970 and 1976 he hosted some classes at a …

The Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism (German Mahnmal für die Opfer des lesbischen Schwulen und Nationalsozialismus in Köln ) recalls since 1995 in Cologne , on the banks of the Rhine , the persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi era . That became the 24 of June of 1995 in the …

Andreas Maislinger (St.Georgen / Salzburg , 26 as February as 1955 ) is a political scientist and activist Austrian . He is founder of the Austrian Memory Service . Maislinger studied law and political science in Salzburg. He expanded his training also studying history of Europe in Vienna , while he was studying at the …

The Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Center (JHC) was founded in 1984 by holocaust survivors in Melbourne . The mission of this institution is to remember the six million Jews murdered between 1933 and 1945 by the National Socialists . The center was founded without any nameable support from the Australian state or other sponsors, …

The Institute of Jewish Audiovisual Memory (IMAJ), founded in Brussels in 1984, is a non-profit cultural organization. History Beatrice Godlewicz, a Belgian teacher, noted the lack in Europe of cinematographic references to Jewish culture. It therefore took the initiative to create an association to make available to schools and teachers, films and information on Jewish …

The Homomonument is a memorial in the center of Amsterdam , the capital of the Netherlands . The monument reminds all homosexuals , gays and lesbians , who have been subjected to persecution because of their sexual orientation. Inaugurated 5 of September of 1987 , it has the form of three large pink triangles made …

The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills, Michigan , was founded by the organization Shaarit Haplaytah under Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig adress as memory first Holocaust museum in EE. UU. In 1984 . He serves as a model for the Holocaust Center in Washington DC , the Tolerance Center in Los Angeles and the Jewish …

Gunter Demnig , (born October 27, 1943) is a German artist known for his project ” Stolpersteine ” ( stones-obstacle , from German as a tribute to the victims of Nazi persecution in Germany Biography Gunter Demnig was born in Berlin , where he also grew up. He completed his secondary education in 1967 . …

Rudolf Gelbard (* Austria, December 4 , 1930 ) is a Holocaust survivor . Life Rudolf Gelbard was deported with his parents in 1942 to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt . Since 1945 he has been doing educational work on Nazi crimes as a member of the Sozialdemokratische Freiheitskämpfer (social democratic militants in the resistance). …

The Ecumenical Days of Plötzensee are an annual program of activities that should remind the martyrs and victims of National Socialism . These days take place preferably in the Catholic church Maria Regina Martyrum and in the Civic Center Plötzensee near the Commemorative Place Plötzensee . Organizers are the ecclesiastical Protestant municipality Charlottenburg-Nord and the …

The Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism (in German Tag an die Opfer des Gedenkens des Nationalsozialismus ) takes place in Germany every January 27th since 1996. 1 Commemorates the day of liberation of the concentration camp of Auschwitz by the Red Army during the The last year of World War II . …

The Days of Contemporary History in Braunau ( Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage ) are annual conferences organized by the Association of Contemporary History since 1992, under the scientific management of Andreas Maislinger . During the first two years the process of understanding and acceptance of the past was analyzed Nazi resistance to, dictatorships and other topics of …

The United Nations General Assembly decides the 1 of November of 2005 , in Resolution 60/7 1 designate the January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day . 2 The chosen date is the day the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau , the largest Nazi extermination centers, was released by the Red Army in 1945 . “Holocaust Remembrance: …

In the region Braunau am Inn refers to the more than 9,000 (stings) or Stolpersteine that since 1996 the artist of Cologne ( Germany ) Gunter Demnig mounted in commemoration to the victims of National Socialism . Work On 11 August of 2006 Demnig mounted hindrance in eight municipalities in the district Braunau am Inn …

The Austrian Mauthausen committee is responsible for scientific and educational work in relation to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp . This association was founded in 1997 and is the successor to the Austrian Community of Mauthausen concentration camp. Definition The Austrian Committee of Mauthausen is defined by the following: “Our association has no relation either to …

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an institution dedicated to documenting the victims of the Holocaust and keeps records of Nazi war criminals and their respective activities. It is located in Los Angeles , United States , and named after Simon Wiesenthal , the famous ” Nazi hunter ” Austrian . With the gradual physical disappearance …

The House of Terror (in Hungarian , Terror Háza ) is a museum located at number 60 of the Avenue Andrássy in Budapest , Hungary . It contains related exhibitions dictatorial regimes fascist and communist Hungary in the twentieth century and is also a memorial to its victims, including those detained, interrogated, tortured or executed …

The project House of Responsibility ( Haus der Verantwortung, HRB ) emerged in Austria , after Reinhold Klika newspaper Braunauer Rundschau , caused by the participation of the Freedom Party of Austria in the Austrian government, launched the collection of signatures Braunau setzt Ein Zeichen . The political scientist from Innsbruck , Andreas Maislinger , …

The Amersfoort concentration camp (in Dutch , Amersfoort , in German , Durchgangslager Amersfoort ) was a concentration camp Nazi located in the southern part of Amersfoort , at the boundary between that city and Leusden , in the central region of the Netherlands . Its official name was “Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort”, PDA or Amersfoort …

Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (in German: Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste (ASF) ) is a German pacifist organization whose objective is to confront the Nazi past of Germany. It was founded in 1958 by the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany , thanks to the efforts of Lothar Kreyssig . 1 It had its origin …